by Cindy Carcamo

June 26, 2017

 

After President Trump enacted a travel ban against a number of Muslim-majority countries in January, protesters took to the streets. People with visas and green cards found themselves detained or facing deportation and attorneys camped out at airports to provide free legal counsel.

Almost five months later, the Supreme Court’s affirmation of parts of the ban involving six countries probably will have a different impact.

Although activists and Muslim leaders are bracing themselves for some problems and are already mobilizing protesters, the early reaction has been subdued as they and immigrant rights advocates try to make sense of the high court’s ruling, which will be implemented starting Thursday morning.

A few hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way for parts of Trump’s travel ban to take effect pending the justice’s consideration in the fall, the Los Angeles area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations took steps to spread the word about the decision.

 

Full article:

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-travel-ban-reaction-in-los-angeles-20170626-story.html